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2 firefighters hurt herding runaway cows through Austrian town

43 cows broke loose prompting police and volunteer firefighters to capture them before they stampeded

The Washington Post

VIENNA — Austrian police and firefighters have taken on the role of urban cowboys in a two-day round-up of a herd of cattle that broke out of a fenced-off pasture and decided to go into town.

A police statement says the 43 steers defied attempts by police and volunteer firefighters to recapture them after wandering off Thursday and heading toward the Upper Austrian town of Freistadt. After being chased away from the railway station, they endangered motorists by stampeding onto a two-lane highway before running into a town suburb.

Two firefighters who tried to stop them were injured and needed hospital treatment.

Full story: Cops vs. cattle: Austrian police, firefighters chase herd through town, 2 firefighters injured